The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-02

other day at the age Of lO4
We desire. to call the attention of our
readers to the article in anotheracolumn on
the use of land plaster. 1t is furnished
by: n of the most practical and success
full farmers in North Carolina, and bis
suggestions are worthy of consideration.
The .Southerner says that .Tarboro is
yet in its swaddling clothes, but that it
will add more to it's growth within the
next ive-years than it has in "a hundred
years past. The building of a cotton fac
tory in the near future is an assured fact.
Docs your Nclub or the farmers Of
your county want a fsrmers' institute
held during the ,saml1er OF. fall? The:
PRoeREss1vE F~ARMEgHslds itself in Treadi-
ness to aid in every wayIn its power, the
establishment of institutes and farmers
clubs. Z 2hh q iH * -
Maj. R. S. Tucker has shown us some.
fh1e specimens Of wheat heads from a
Seventy acre field. The heads will aver
age more than four inches each, and are.
unusually heavy. The Major is an excel
lent farmer, as we'll as a successful mer-.
chant. ->. 49,. .. .;
Many California women cultivatet
fruit farms. They can do much of the:
work, such as: picking, packing, making:
raisins and canning fruit. Crystalized figsi
and apricots are the products Of woman's
labor, as well as %jellies, jams and marma!i
ladies', which. are sent all over the world,
is your term Of subscription about to-
expire7 Look at our terms to clubs of
five, ten, fifteen and twenty or more, and
get us up a clubsand have the paper sent
to you a year free fchdrge. This will do
you good. 1t will do your neighbors
good. 1t will do the cause good. I twill
do us good. And it can all be done with
only a little effort on your part.
There are six or seven counties in
Texas in which there are scores of people
upon the verge of starvation. They have
no money, nothing to eat, no crop pros
poets, and the seed corn and cotton are
rotting in the ground. The Governor has
been. petitioned to call an ezra session of
the Legislature to provide funds necessary
to sustain life.
There are 1854, 81 natives of Ireland
living in this country, but as Ireland and
Germany have disposed Of the weight Of
their surplus population for the present,
it is said that immigration to this country
is largely in the increase from Russia,
Austria, Hungary and Italy. It is thought
that we will receive over 1000, 900 inn
migrants during the present year.
Look well to your bitches. At this
season grass and weeds grow rapidly
along the sides and bottoms of bitches
and easily obstruct the free passage of
the water in heavy rains by catching
trash, &c. The water breaks over and
serious damage is often the result. A
little attention and the proper use qf>V
shovel or hoe, may save much trouble
and loss.
The Vacuum Oil Company has lately
been tried and convicted for conspiracy
"in destroying a rival organization" The
courts should teach this lesson every day
to people of high and low degree, who
are e~ndeavoring to destroy other peoples
business. Laws should be enacted and
enforced against e pools" and corners"
especially in the necessaries of life. These
are but other names for stealing and
robbery, !
6 Lovers of bloodedt horses will relish
the happy style in which they are dis
in our columns under the head
" Horse Notes by IMrcW. P. Batchelor
of this city, than whom there is no man
in our State, perhaps, who is so well
qualified to give accurate information on
this important and interesting subject
He kindly promises to tell our readers OF
the noted horses of our own State il
future numbers.
<-Be sure to read the address of the
Executive Committee Of the North Caro-
ina Farmers Association, published in
his issue. It furnishes some healthful
,ood fer thought. If you belong to a
club, see that the information asked for
De sent at once to our Secretary, Mr.. B.
F. Hester, Oxford, N. G. And if you do